Q. I am a 767 International Captain based in Philadelphia. Those of us who fly the international flights occasionally like to bring our wives, husbands, or domestic partners along to be with us on our layovers. Unfortunately, our present pass policy does not consider our family members as traveling with the employee when the employee is working the flight. Therefore, when we are working the flight our family members fall down to the S4 boarding priority. It would be rather difficult to leave our loved ones behind in a foreign country while a more junior employee is boarded. Will US Airways consider fixing this problem?
A. Consider it done! The policy has just been approved to allow the eligible family members of crewmembers to travel SA3P when on the same flight as that crewmember working the flight and is effective immediately. Airport Customer Service will verify that the crewmember is working the flight and that the accompanying traveler is traveling under the crewmembers benefits. A jumpseat-eligible employee who is non-revving with their family may elect to take the jumpseat in order to accommodate the whole party when there aren’t enough seats for everyone. When this happens the family does not lose their boarding priority status. Remember, when an employee travels on a SA1P pass, their guest pass traveler travels at a SA3P priority.
A. Consider it done! The policy has just been approved to allow the eligible family members of crewmembers to travel SA3P when on the same flight as that crewmember working the flight and is effective immediately. Airport Customer Service will verify that the crewmember is working the flight and that the accompanying traveler is traveling under the crewmembers benefits. A jumpseat-eligible employee who is non-revving with their family may elect to take the jumpseat in order to accommodate the whole party when there aren’t enough seats for everyone. When this happens the family does not lose their boarding priority status. Remember, when an employee travels on a SA1P pass, their guest pass traveler travels at a SA3P priority.
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